* Rishi Narayana — seer of the Purusha Sukta of the Rig Veda.

* Rishaba — Rishi mentioned in Rig Veda and later in several Puranas, and believed by Jains to be the first official religious guru of Jainism, as accredited by later followers.

While the term ahimsa is not officially mentioned, one passage in the Rig Veda reads, " Do not harm anything.

Ex nihilo creation is found in creation stories from ancient Egypt, the Rig Veda, the Bible and the Quran, and many animistic cultures in Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America.

The Rig Veda, one of the oldest religious scriptures in the world, contain several references to the use of Dundhubi ( war drum ).

Arya tribes charged into battle to the beating of the war drum and chanting of a hymn that appears in Book VI of the Rig Veda and also the Atharva Veda where it is referred to as the " Hymn to the battle drum ".

Given the age of the Rig Veda being at least 1500 BC or before, this must rank as the earliest practice of beating of the war drum in the history of mankind.

In the Rig Veda, the belief ( or observation ) that a natural justice and harmony pervades the natural world becomes manifest in the concept of rta, which is both ' nature's way ' and the order implicit in nature.

This hearkens back to the conception of the Rig Veda that " Ekam Sat ," ( Truth Is One ), of the idea that Brahman is " Sacchidananda " ( Truth-Consciousness-Bliss ).

This word has been used as an epithet of various Vedic deities, like Varuna, and has been attested in the Holy Rig Veda, possibly the oldest compiled book among the Indo-Europeans.

However, a new translation of two stanzas of the Rig Veda indicate that the Brahmins may have had the idea, common among small-scale societies around the world, that an individual cycles back and forth between the earth and a heavenly realm of ancestors.

Rig Veda 1. 164. 46,

The Rig Veda discusses monotheistic thought, as do the Atharva Veda and Yajur Veda:

" Devas are always looking to the supreme abode of Vishnu " ( tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṁ padaṁ sadā paśyanti sṻrayaḥ Rig Veda 1. 22. 20 )

" The One Truth, sages know by many names " ( Rig Veda 1. 164. 46 )

* Sanskrit Mitra ( म ि त ् र ः), found in the Rig Veda.

The Atharva Veda, representing an independent tradition markedly different from the other three Vedas, is a rich source parallel to the Vedic traditions of the Rig, Sam and Yajur Vedas, containing detailed descriptions of various kinds of magical rituals for different results ranging from punishing enemies, to acquisition of wealth health, long life, or a good harvest.

Opium has been actively collected since prehistoric times, and may be the soma plant ubiquitously mentioned in the Rig Veda.

Earliest reference to panentheistic thought in Hindu philosophy is in a creation myth contained in the later section of Rig Veda called the Purusha Sukta, which was compiled before 1100 BCE.

Another excerpt from the Rig Veda states ( Book 10 Part 02, Hymn XVI ):

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* c. 1500 BC: Many scholars date early parts of the Rig Veda to roughly the 16th century.

Svarga is seen as a transitory place for righteous souls who have performed good deeds in their lives but are not yet ready to attain moksha, or elevation to Vaikunta, the abode of Lord Vishnu, considered to be the Supreme Abode ( Rig Veda ( 1. 22. 20 ) states, Oṃ tad viṣṇoḥ paramam padam sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ: " All the suras ( i. e., the devas ) look towards the feet of Lord Vishnu as the Supreme Abode ").

In the Rig Veda, Dyaus Pitar appears in hymns 1. 89, 1. 90, 1. 164, 1. 191 and 4. 1 in simple invocations, but is not seen in the deeper older roots of the classical vedas which point to it being newly created and not the original part of the Indian Vedas.

The Rig Veda uses the term Hiranyagarbha, ( literally " golden fetus " or " golden womb "), which floats around in emptiness for a while, and then breaks into two halves which formed heaven ( Dyaus, in Greek Zeus ) and earth

In the " family books " of the Rig Veda ( e. g. RV 6. 64. 5 ), Ushas is the divine daughter — a — of Dyaus Pita " Sky Father.

One of the more common types is the amphibious ferry such as the M3 Amphibious Rig.

A detailed gear diagram of Jimi Hendrix 1969 " Woodstock " Guitar Rig is well-documented.

A well-known Rig Vedic hymn says that " Truth is One, though the sages know it variously.

The identification of the Helmand with the early Rig Vedic Sarasvati is not without difficulties.

This use is comparable to that concerning Agni in the Rig Veda: Agni is invoked first or last or at both places.

The city's tourist attractions include the Galveston Schlitterbahn waterpark, Moody Gardens botanical park, the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum, the Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston Railroad Museum, a downtown neighborhood of historic buildings known as The Strand, many historical museums and mansions, and miles of beach front from the East End's Porretto Beach, Stewart Beach to the West End pocket parks. Also there is a pier-turned-amusement park that opened May 2012. it is called Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier.

There is also another story in the Rig Veda that Dhruva the son of Uttanapada ( the son of Manu ) performs penance, making him " one with Brahma ".

Yatin means " renunciate " and is a name given to mendicants in the Rig Veda.

The term " tapas " is used in the Rig Veda to connote the burning of desires.

Hymn 66 of Mandala VI of the Rig Veda is an eloquent account of how a natural phenomenon of a rain-storm metamorphose into storm deities.

The Rig Veda tells of an Apsara who is the wife of Gandharva ; however, the Rig Veda also seems to allow for the existence of more than one Apsara.

Bṛhaspati is the son of Rishi Angirasa ( according to the Rig Veda 4. 40. 1 ) and Surupa according to the Shiva Purana.

Savitr is celebrated in eleven whole hymns of the Rig Veda and in parts of many others, his name being mentioned about 170 times in aggregate.

Various passages show that in the cosmological speculation of the Rig Veda The sun was regarded as an important agent of generation.

Most of philosophy of the Rig Veda is contained in the sections Purusha sukta and Nasadiya Sukta.

Shudra is the fourth Varna, as prescribed in the Purusha Sukta of the Rig veda, which constitutes society into four varnas or Chaturvarna.

Most of philosophy of the Rig Veda is contained in the sections Purusha sukta and Nasadiya Sukta.